Resources

Resources Which May Be Useful
Official geocaching site
www.geocaching.com

New Zealand Recreational GPS Society
http://www.gps.org.nz/

A wiki-based encyclopedia on geocaching
http://cacheopedia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Unique geocaching containers
http://trailsoptional.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/unique-geocaching-containers/

An innovative way to revise senior physics using QR codes.
http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/using-geocached-qr-codes-for-revision-in-a-pe-classroom/

A geocaching game for the iPhone
http://www.seeknspell.com/

Storycaching with a GPSr and an iPod
http://wikibin.org/articles/storycaching.html

Primary school GPS activities
http://www.tangischools.org/GPS/default.htm

Go down the page to ‘GPS in the Classroom’. Some wonderful ideas and resources.
http://trailsoptional.wordpress.com/

General geocaching advice
http://www.treasurehiking.com/node/14

Some really useful downloadable lesson plans for primary and lower secondary students
http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/pages/teacher_resources/gps_activities/displayall_grade_level.asp

Lots of resources for teachers on a wiki
http://pageocaching.wikispaces.com/Resources

Pirate Geocaching with grade 2
http://tcoffey.edublogs.org/category/geocaching/

The educacher blog
http://theeducacher.blogspot.com/

A geocaching game for the iPhone
http://www.seeknspell.com/

Geocachers' Podcasts
http://www.podcacher.com/

Geocaching, GPS and geography for primary students - blog
http://elementarygeocaching.blogspot.com/

GPS Adventures for teachers
http://gpsmaze.com/teachers.html

Edcaching - educational caching wiki
http://edcaching.wikispaces.com/

Geocaching with Kids
http://www.eduscapes.com/geocaching/kids.htm

Some great ideas with downloadable worksheets and teacher plans.
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgpslsn.html

The first 100 caches - very interesting- many are now archived
http://members.cox.net/pkpublic/

Earthcaching - a different type of geocaching
http://www.earthcache.org/

Some excellent resources to download for primary students - Dr Zeuss & the Polar Express activities
http://rcsinstructionaltechnology.pbworks.com/NCaect+Conference+2008

Primary students learn valuable lessons - newspaper article
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_624495.html

A geocaching project involving Nepal and England
http://geocache.eygus.co.uk/index.html

High School students research their local watersheds in Canada using Geocaching
http://www.ec.gc.ca/geocache/default.asp?lang=En&n=9475908D-1

Quite an old site but interesting
http://www.todayscacher.com/2004/dec/caches2.asp

Understanding the Global Positioning System activity
http://www.chicos.caltech.edu/classroom/GPS/GPSActivity1.html

GPS activities for Scondary Maths
http://teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/gps.html

Storycaching with a GPSr and an iPod
http://wikibin.org/articles/storycaching.html

This links to a document via boxnet
Earthcaching information

Erosion EarthCache Lesson Plan